During this hearing, government officials and leaders of New York's environmental organizations will have an opportunity to address
the Assembly and Senate fiscal committees.

These joint legislative hearings will continue through March 3, 2011 and are available for live viewing on the Senate and Assembly
websites and the Legislative Channel (available on cable systems throughout the state), but will be preempted when the houses
are in session. At the conclusion of legislative deliberations, live televised coverage of the hearings will resume.

Among those scheduled to testify are: the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Joe
Martens, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Acting Commissioner Andy Beers, New York State
Department of Agriculture and Markets Acting Commissioner Darrell Aubertine, and NYSERDA President and CEO Francis J.
Murray, Jr.

Also scheduled to testify are: Audubon of New York Executive Director Albert Caccese and Director Sean Mahar, New York Farm
Bureau Director Julie Suarez, Nature Conservancy Director Jessica Ottney, and Environmental Advocates of New York Director
Allison Jenkins.